Shaping-machine.



' A. R. MURRAY.

SHAPING MACHINE. APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 9, 190s` Patented tLemz, 1909.

ARISTIDES REYNOLDS MURRAY,

OF CINCINNATI, OI-IIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE CINCINNATI SHAPER COMPANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

SHAPING-IACHINE Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Jan. 26, 1909.

Application filed June 9, 1906. Serial No. 321,055.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AnisTiDEs REYNOLDS MURRAY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Sha ing-Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of my specification.

My invention relates to an automatic stop to be used in a shaping machine. Its object is to provide a simple and economical stop to automatically limit and determine the extent of the feed of the tool in any direction, which shall be definite and positive in action. By its use the absence of the workman from the machine during its operation at the critical moment when the feed of the tool should stop will do no harm, as the tool itself will be' caused to stop during effective work automatically at the desired point.

I have shown my automatic stop in connection with the vertical feed of the tool of a shaping machine, but from the nature of its arrangement it is apparent 'that it is equally adaptable for use when the direction at an angle to the vertical.

In the drawings :-Figure l is a side elevation of the end of the ram of a shaper, showing the external parts of my automatic stop in side elevation; Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the same on an enlarged scale; and Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the ram with parts broken away and the interior shown partly in section.

A is the ram, B the column, C the tool, and D the tool-head. The tool-head D is arranged to slide vertically on the face of the swivel a, which is ournaled on the end of the ram A in the usual manner. The movement of the tool-head is controlled by a vertical screw E that may be operated by a handle F, or automatically by the reciprocation of the ram as will now be described. The projecting shoulder E is formed in the swivel a, and is threaded to receive the screw E.

A is a shaft adapted to be rotated intermittently by any convenient mechanism which is brought into action by the reciprocation of the ram for exam le such an arrangement as that shown in etters Patent No. 656,795, granted August 28th, 1900, to J ames C. Steen and Charles L. Warner. The swivel a is ournaled about an axis coincident tool is feeding in a i with the axis of the shaft A. Mounted loosely on the screw E is a sleeved bevel-gear G, said gear meshing with a gear G on the end of the shaft. A. The sleeve of 'the gear C is provided with a flange at the bottom, and is supported in osition by means of a strap G secured to tie face of the swivel a. A sleeve K is feathered to the screw E and turns loosely within the sleeve of the gear C. A clutch K surrounds the sleeve ii and is feathered thereto, and is provided at its upper end with teeth .lc which engage teeth in the flange of the sleeve of gear G. A coiled spring Z bears between a collar Z on the clutch K and a projecting lug L through which the screw E passes. This spring tends normally to hold the said teeth in engagement. A short shaft M is ournaled in the swivel head a, and extends transversely to the direction of travel of the rain, and projects at one side through the face thereof where it is provided with a pawl m adapted to be strucl; by a lug m adjustably secured by a set screw m to a bar on" on the side face of the tool-head.

The operation of the device is as follows: As in the operation of the machine the shaft A is rotated, said rotation is communicated to the beveled gear Cr and to its sleeve, and through the teeth 7c to the clutch Ii and thence to the sleeve K, .vhich being keyed to the screw E rotates the same and thus causes the feed of the tool-head. When the toolhead travels down far enough to bring the lug m into engagement with the pawl m, the shaft M is rotated, and by reason of the notched engagement of its inner end with the collar Z on the clutch l said sleeve is depressed so as to disengage the teeth Zr. The further rotation of the shaft A will then result in the rotation of the beveled gear G loosely on the screw, and the feed of the tool F will cease.

It is apparent that by the arrangement above described, the action of the automatic stop will be the same, whether the feed of the tool is in a vertical line or in a line at an angle to the vertical. It is also apparent that my automatic stop is applicable to a shaping machine which has no swivel head, but which has a vertical feed only.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to claim as new and cover by Letters Patent, is

l. Ina machine of the class described, in combination with the tool head, the feed screw, and the ram, an intermittently oper-V ated shaft and gear, a .second gear .turning loosely on the vscrew inmesh with the 'first gear, said second gear having a hub provided with teeth, a clutch feathered on said screw and normally held in engagement with thev teethfon the hub of said second gear, a sto adjustably secured to the tool head, a paw carried by the ram located in fthe path of said stop,

clutch 'from itsengagement with the fhub `of said second .gear Ewhen said stop strikes said pawl.

2. Infa machine of Lthe'class described, -in combination with Lthe itool head, lthe feed screw, and fthe ram, .an intermittently operated shaft l'and gear, .iasecond gear :turning loosely on lthe vscrew inzmesh with the first ear .said secondeearhavinfr a hub rovided with teeth, ra spring controlled .clutch feathered on said screw normally .-held .inengage- `ment with the teeth on .the :hub of said secondgear, a shaft locatedadjacent said clutch havingla shoulder, rotatable therewith, in engagement with said clutch, a pawl on said shaft, vand a stop -adjustablysecured to said tool head adapted .to strike said .pawl at a predletermined point .lin the path .of the tool 3. In a machine of -thefclass described, 4in combination with 7the :tool head, fthe feed screw and -the ram, an .intermittently oper- .ated shaft and .gear journaled in the ram, -a second 'gear turning loosely on 'the Vscrew in mesh withtherstgear, a sleeve feathered yto the screw, la spring controlled clutch feathered to thelsaid sleeve, ysaid clutch being rnormally held in-engagement, so..as1to'turn, with s eeve normally and mechanism intermediate said pawl `and Asaid clutch zadapted'to withdraw -said` axis of rotation of the swivel, a second gear turning loosely on the screw in mesh with the first gear, a sleeve feathered to the screw, a s ring controlled clutch feathered to said engaging, so as to turn, with the hub of said second gear, an adjustable stop on the head, ashaft located adjacent said clutch and having a shoulder rotatable :therewith in engagement with said clutch, 'and a pawl secured to the said shaft in the path of said stop.

:5. In a machine of the class-described, in

combination with the too head, ythe feed screw, the swivel andthe ram, an intermittently operated shaft and .gear ournaled in the ram with 'its axis coincident with the axis -of rotation of vthe swivel, .a `second .gear :provided vwith a .hub 'having teeth turning dloosely on the screw vin mesh with the first gear, a sleeve featheredto the screw, a spring controlled clutch feathered to said sleeve engaging the teeth on .the hub :of said second gear, a shaft ,journaled .in .the swivel, said .shaft having a'shoulder, rotatable therewith,

adapted to=engage said clutch, a pawl on the .outer end of said shaft, andan adjustable stop `secured to the head adapted to lengage said a-wl.

`6. n a machine of-theclass-described, in

" :combination with the 'tool head, the .feed

screw, the swivel and the ram, .an intermittently operated shaft and gearjournaled in the ram with yits .axis coincident with the .axis of rotation of the swivel, a sleevefeath- -ered to the screw and fixed in location .in the ldirection ofits length, a clutch feathered to said Asleeve and `adapted to move on said sleeve, agear loosely journaled on said sleeve in mesh with said first mentioned gear :and provided with teeth above said clutch, a `spring -holding said clutch in engagement with said teeth, a Vshaft -iournaled in said swivel, saidfshaft lhaving a shoulder, rotatable therewith, zadapted -`.to en age said clutch, a pa'w'l located :at the end` o vthe shaft, andan adjustable stop on said tool head adapted -vto strike said ,pawl

A'RIS'IIDES REYNOLDS MURRAY.

Witnesses:

`Rimaniamo W. MAGKAY,

CEAS. G. J OHANNESMEYER. 

